1. Consider the following damage claims recommended for approval
and consider passage of
any resolutions authorizing the City Attorney to file a friendly suit for claims which are over
$400.00: Tammy and Carlos Lopez, Southwestern Bell Telephone, Frank L. and Donna
Richards, Glenn and Jackie Hamilton and Judith E. Scott. Exhibits: Legal
Opinions/Recommendations. Lopez: $267.57.

(Title) Resolution No. 02-81

A resolution authorizing and directing the City Attorney to assist Frank L. and Donna
Richards
in filing a friendly suit in the District Court of Comanche County, Oklahoma, against the City of
Lawton; and authorizing the City Attorney to confess judgment therein in the amount of Six
Hundred Dollars and 00/100 ($600.00).

(Title) Resolution No. 02-82

A resolution authorizing and directing the City Attorney to assist Glenn and Jackie
Hamilton in
filing a friendly suit in the District Court of Comanche County, Oklahoma, against the City of
Lawton; and authorizing the City Attorney to confess judgment therein in the amount of One
Thousand Fifty Dollars and 00/100 ($1,050.00).

(Title) Resolution No. 02-83

A resolution authorizing and directing the City Attorney to assist Judith E. Scott in
filing a
friendly suit in the District Court of Comanche County, Oklahoma, against the City of Lawton;
and authorizing the City Attorney to confess judgment therein in the amount of Four Thousand
Seventy Five Dollars and 00/100 ($4,775.00).

3. Consider approving the purchase of the properties located
at 1108 NW 51st Street, 1110 NW
51st Street and 5102 NW Liberty, all in Lawton, Oklahoma, and authorize the Mayor and City
Clerk to execute the Contracts for Sale of Real Property. Exhibits: None.

Moeller said she has a conflict of interest on this item and would abstain from voting.

MOVED by Baxter, SECOND by Devine, to approve Item 3 as recommended.

Bass said he knew the purchase of these homes was required but that the problem will
not be
solved until the Meadowbrook Bridge work is done. He said the property at 5102 Liberty is being
purchased for $166,000 but the current owner purchased it in 1995 for $56,000 and it had to be
in a flood zone in 1995. Bass reviewed prices of the other two properties, noting much higher
purchase prices than what the owners originally paid for their properties. Vincent said the Corps
of Engineers disapproved the City's appraisers first set of numbers and they had to be re-done.
Shanklin asked why and Vincent said we were not told. Bass said the properties were not
appraised as being in a flood zone and Vincent agreed. Vincent said we are allowed to purchase
115% of the replacement value and relocation cost, and two of the three of these include all
relocation costs. Vincent said the comment about the flood zone and appraisals are appropriate
but the Corps of Engineers takes a different view.

Shanklin asked if the money for this is coming from the City. Vincent said yes, it is
part of the
City's 50% matching fund. Shanklin said the owners were willing to sell for much less years ago.
Baxter said funds had been set aside for the bridge work.

Mayor Powell said he had been advised that the motion did not carry. Shanklin
said the City is
too far into this project and he did not like several things about it either but he would change his
vote to yes.

7. Consider approval of a State-Local Disaster Assistance Agreement
with the Oklahoma
Department of Civil Emergency Management for a $300,000 grant for the preparation of a Storm
Water Mitigation Plan and authorize the Mayor to execute the agreement. Action: Approval.

8. Consider directing staff to prepare and submit a Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program (HMGP)
Application to the Oklahoma Department of Civil Emergency Management to establish a rebate
program for the purchase and installation of safe rooms/storm shelters and authorize Mayor and
City Clerk to execute said application. Exhibits: Letter. Action: Approval.

10. Consider approving a resolution providing a free fishing
day at Lake Ellsworth for City
employees and their families in conjunction with the City Employee Picnic to be held Saturday,
June 1, 2002. Exhibits: Resolution No. 02-85.

(Title) Resolution No. 02-85

A resolution declaring Saturday, June 1, 2002, as Free Fishing Day for City employees
and their
families at Lake Ellsworth.

11. Consider entering into agreement with Patrick Reynolds, Journey
Productions, as Technical
Director for the 2002 Teen REC 'N ROLL Family Fun Day, June 8, 2002 and authorize the
Mayor and City Clerk to execute the agreement. Exhibits: None. Action: Approval.

12. Consider entering into agreement with Vieda Wallace representing
Kenya featuring BJ for
the 2002 Teen REC 'N ROLL Family Fun Day, June 8, 2002, and authorizing the Mayor and City
Clerk to execute the agreement. Exhibits: None. Action: Approval.

13. Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute Work Payment Agreements
with Public Service
Company of Oklahoma (PSO) to relocate two transmission poles: a) one at the northeast corner
of East Gore Blvd. and Flower Mound Road intersection; b) one at the northeast corner of Cache
Road and NW 38th Street intersection. Exhibits: Work Pay Agreements. Action: Approval.

Bass asked when construction would begin and if roads would be closed to traffic. Jerry
Ihler,
Public Works Director, said it should not involve closing roads; it should take three to four
months before actual construction begins; construction is estimated to take 60 days.

18. Consider approving a contract between the City of Lawton
and the Oklahoma Highway
Safety Office for overtime funding of officers to deter underage drinking. Action: Approval.

19. Consider entering into a contract with Mr. & Mrs. Bernard
S. Vishneski for fire protection
outside the Lawton City limits, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the contract.
Exhibits: None. Action: Approval.

20. Consider entering into a contract with SW Educational Ministries
Association, aka Lawton
Christian School and KVRS Radio for fire protection outside the Lawton City limits, and
authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the contract. Exhibits: None.

Bass asked if this was renewing an existing contract. Baker said it is their first contract.
Vincent
said as a result of the situation at the Christian School, they became aware of the need for the
contract and it will bring us in compliance with the law.

Bass asked if this could be done without causing problems within the City limits. Bart
Hadley,
Fire Chief, said crews will not respond unless the City is adequately covered, and if they were
engaged in a large fire at the time of receiving a call from these entities, they would not be able
to respond and that is stated in the contract. Bass asked what amount they pay the Cache Fire
Department for fire protection. Hadley said he thought Cache had a subscription service and it
might be $100 annually but he was not sure and was not sure if it would be the same for
businesses and residences.

21. Consider ratifying the action of the Lawton Water Authority
to change the procedure used
for leasing agricultural land from a sealed bid process to a public bid auction. Exhibits: See
Water Authority. Action: Ratify LWA action to approve the item.

22. Consider ratifying the action of the Lawton Water Authority
approving the request of Mr.
Tommy G. Morris to change his current Sub-Lease Agreement. Exhibits: See Water Authority.
Action: Ratify LWA action to approve the item.

23. Consider renewing the professional services agreement with
Robert M. Jernigan as a
representative on telecommunication; James C. Ferguson of Walker, Ferguson and Ferguson for
defense of Workers' Compensation claims; Sylvia Burgess of Burgess and Burgess, Inc. in
evaluating the City's flexible benefits plan (Cafeteria Plan) for employees and evaluating
employees' benefit plans which may be impacted by IRS rules and regulations; Tony Puckett on
labor-related issues; Susan Zwaan to perform the duties of the City Prosecutor in the absence of
the Prosecutor; and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the agreements. Exhibits:
None. Action: Approval.

29. Consider approval of Minutes of Lawton City Council meeting
of May 14, 2002.

30. Consider approval of payroll for the period of May 13 through
26, 2002 . Exhibits: None.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

31. Hold public hearings and adopt a resolution declaring the
structure at 425 S Sheridan Road
to be dilapidated and dangerous, thus causing a blighting influence on the community and
detrimental to the public's health and safety; authorize the City Attorney to initiate legal action
declaring a public nuisance in District Court and Neighborhood Services to solicit bids to raze
and remove structures, if appropriate. Exhibits: Resolution No. 02-86.

Angie Alltizer, Neighborhood Services, said she was passing around copies of a letter
that was
sent to Mr. Mansell regarding this property dated May 15, 2002; attached to that is the letter that
was sent to him regarding the same property on March 7, 2001. She requested Council direction
regarding the structure at 423 and 425 S Sheridan Road. Shanklin asked if this is what was sent a
year ago or just recently. Alltizer said the top copy is the one mailed last week and the next two
copies are from Jimmie Crow, Building Development, and from Manny Cruz, Neighborhood
Services, regarding an inspection in March 2001.

Ewing-Holmstrom said when Mr. Mansell and his attorney were present two weeks ago she
asked how long it had been since someone had been in the property and his response was two
years, but she said she was just positive that no one had been in that building for at least the last
five years. Alltizer said she thought it was closer to five years since the property had been
occupied.

Baker said we met with Mr. Mansell, went over the list and discussed the items needing
attention. He said Mansell indicated he could take care of them but needed a little bit of time,
there was discussion about how much time, and Mansell indicated he could get all the things
corrected within 60 days. Baker said he told him he did not have a problem with that but it was
up to the City Council for disposition of this item.

Ewing-Holmstrom said she had a problem with that, we have given him over a year.

Devine said he did not want to dispute Mr. Baker's words but when the meeting was held,
Mr.
Mansell asked for 30 days and Baker said he would not have any problem with 60 days; Mr.
Mansell has already started working on cleaning the building up and Mansell asked for 30 days
but the City Manager offered him 60 days, and at the end of whatever time if the work is not
done, we need to move forward.

Bass asked if Mansell will have 15 days, plus another 90 days, if Council condemns it.
Alltizer
said he will have 15 days to obtain either a demolition or remodel/reconstruction permit, then he
must start within the first 30 days and complete within 90 days; if he is making adequate progress
and reaches the end of that 90 days, an extension can be requested and it is up to Council's
discretion.

Baxter asked for clarification regarding the meeting with Mansell. Baker said Devine's
comments
were true; Mansell said he thought he could get it done in 30 days and they discussed it a little
more and looked at some of the items and he (Baker) said he did not know if Mansell could get it
done within 30 days and indicated that if Mansell could get it done in 60 days, that would be
acceptable to him.

Ewing-Holmstrom said it has been a year and two months since Mr. Mansell got the original
list
from Neighborhood Services, so staff does all this work, brings it to Council, writes this letter
and a year and two months later the guy still has not done anything. She said if this was in a
residential neighborhood, we would likely not be having this discussion and the house would
have already been torn down.

Hanna said the Council as a group started, about a year and a half ago, trying to get
Lawton
cleaned up, and if concessions are made for one, they have to be made for all, which would put
them back to square one again.

Vincent said he was reading the list from the May 15 letter, comparing it to the permit
requirements in the proposed resolution, and he was not sure anything on that list would require a
remodel permit and asked if that was correct. Alltizer said no, it actually does not, but because
it
was being brought before Council to be considered a dilapidated structure and specifically a
blight on the neighborhood, these are things that while they do not necessarily require a permit in
the normal permitting process, it is something we feel Council should advise and take action on.
Vincent said if Council approves the proposed resolution, they would not have the control of the
permit that we are actually indicating they might have in a normal situation. Alltizer said it could
be pursued through the Property Maintenance Code and issue citations on a daily basis for each
day the violation exists. Vincent said the permit is not there and Alltizer agreed.

Shanklin said the problem is, if you do one, you have to do all of them just alike or
the judges
over there will not support you. He said if you pass the resolution, Mansell will have more time
than he asked for and he has known about it. Shanklin said he just found out this week that Mr.
Baker gave Mansell 90 days on a boathouse, and nothing was done then a request was made for
30 more days and he assumed it was done but did not know. He asked if that was correct.
Alltizer said significant progress was made on the boathouse.

Mayor Powell asked what action was desired. Devine said he would like to give Mansell
another
30 days, table it for 30 days and then it would be up to Council to make a decision. Devine asked
if Vincent was saying Mansell would not have to get a building permit if it was condemned.
Vincent said based on the list of items in the May 15 letter, he did not see anything that required
a remodel permit. Devine asked if Mansell would only have 15 days to get that list done. Vincent
said the resolution would have to be modified. Devine said it was not reasonable to expect the
work to be done within 15 days. Ewing-Holmstrom said Mansell has had a year. Vincent
suggested deleting the line requiring the remodel permit and say he has 30 days to demolish the
structure or meet the requirements of the letter of May 15, and make those changes to the
resolution.

Hanna asked if Mansell had a number of outstanding tickets at this time. Alltizer said
no, not at
this time. Hanna asked if tickets could be issued every day. Alltizer said that could be done,
although they like to work with the citizens and not try to punish them, but that is the only other
real avenue we have. Alltizer said there is a similar situation at 707 Gore, the items that need to
be completed do not require a permit.

Devine said when you give them the authority to start writing tickets, and he would
not mention
the man's name, but a person had $35,000 worth of fines and that is totally ridiculous. He said it
is a little different situation with Mansell.

Shanklin said it does not have to come back to Council if the resolution is passed.

Alltizer said they had not been writing tickets on dilapidated structures or ones that
are
considered blights, and the person Councilman Devine was referring to had code violations of a
different nature.

Bass asked Vincent to explain again. Vincent said the remodel permit only kicks
in for certain
things, like structural remodeling. Shanklin said the person can remodel or demolish, or the City
will take them to court, and that has been the process for the last six months or a year, but now
someone is wanting to modify it. Vincent disagreed and said on this particular structure, a
remodel permit based on this list, is not required, so the resolution could be amended if Council
desires to grant 30 days for the owner to demolish the building or complete the requirements of
the attached letter, and do away with the language about a remodel permit, and if he does not
make those corrections, it goes to court at the end of the 30 days if we are saying it takes 30 days
to correct these items. Shanklin said if you deviate on this one, they will deviate up there at the
courthouse, and this is not the only thing he will see in the next six months.

Baxter said the May 15 letter says repair the roof and he asked if there was a hole
in the roof
from fire damage. Alltizer said from fire damage and from last year's Memorial Day storm.
Baxter asked if replacing trusses or load bearing items would require a remodel permit. Alltizer
said they were not allowed to inspect this year, and it is based on the inspection from last year
and that nothing had changed from a visual inspection from the outside of the property. Alltizer
said the list was compiled from what they could see from the outside, what was done from the
inspection last year, and then on Council's recommendation at the last meeting that because it is
commercial property to not require that the plumbing and electrical be brought to code because
we do not know what the use of the building will be, and those are things that would definitely
require a permit. Baxter asked if we had been on the roof. Alltizer said she had not and you can
see the holes from the ground.

Mayor Powell said there is a motion on the floor made by Devine, and it is his ward,
with the
amendment to the motion suggested by the City Attorney.

Hanna asked if Alltizer said we could not get in to inspect. Alltizer said they were
not allowed
the opportunity this year by the property owner. Hanna asked if the Health Department or Fire
Department could do so in light of safety issues. Alltizer said if we wanted to force the issue we
probably could but Neighborhood Services chose not to do that, we were trying to work with the
property owner. Devine said if they want in, Mr. Mansell would be more than happy to let them
in.

Mayor Powell said there is a motion on the floor. Shanklin asked what is the motion.
Devine said
the motion was to give him the 30 days as Vincent mentioned about amending the 30 days.
Shanklin asked if the motion was to pass the resolution. Vincent said his understanding was the
motion to amend the resolution to allow for 30 days for the demolition permit or to complete the
items on the May 15 letter and if not, then we go to court. Shanklin said 15 days is not mentioned
anywhere in that resolution. Devine said it was being amended for 30 days because a permit is
not required.

Mayor Powell asked if there was a second to the motion and there was none.

MOVED by Baxter, SECOND by Shanklin, to pass Resolution No. 02-86 and consider 425 S
Sheridan Road to be dilapidated and dangerous, fire hazard, detrimental to the public health and
safety and a blighting influence on the community. AYE: Haywood, Baxter, Bass, Hanna,
Ewing-Holmstrom, Shanklin, Moeller. NAY: Devine. MOTION CARRIED. (*Note: See public
hearing below)

(Title) Resolution No. 02-86

A resolution declaring a certain structure to be a dilapidated public nuisance, detrimental
to the
health, benefit, and welfare of the community; ordering the dilapidated structure be brought to
habitable standards or demolished and removed; and authorizing the City Attorney to initiate
legal action in Comanche County District Court to abate such nuisance.

Ihler said there was a question as to whether the city, county or state was responsible
for this
bridge and staff has verified the maintenance responsibility is the city's. He gave a history of the
area as far as the maintenance responsibility.

MOVED by Shanklin, SECOND by Baxter, to authorize plans for the project and identify the
funding source as the 1995 CIP. AYE: Baxter, Bass, Hanna, Devine, Ewing-Holmstrom,
Shanklin, Moeller, Haywood. NAY: None. MOTION CARRIED.

BUSINESS ITEMS:

33. Hold public hearings and adopt a resolution declaring
the structure at 1015 SW Railroad
Street to be dilapidated and dangerous, thus causing a blighting influence on the community and
detrimental to the public's health and safety; authorize the City Attorney to initiate legal action
declaring a public nuisance in District Court and Neighborhood Services to solicit bids to raze
and remove structures, if appropriate. Exhibits: Resolution No. 02-87.

Alltizer said the owner has requested this action to be able to receive a 50% reduction
in landfill
fees.

PUBLIC HEARING OPENED. No one appeared to speak and the public hearing was closed.

A resolution declaring a certain structure a dilapidated public nuisance, detrimental
to the health,
benefit, and welfare of the community; ordering the dilapidated structure be brought to habitable
standards or demolished and removed; and authorizing the City Attorney to initiate legal action
in Comanche County District Court to abate such nuisance.

It was noted that a public hearing was not convened in regard to Item 31. Mayor
Powell declared
the public hearing open at this time concerning the property at 425 S Sheridan Road. No one
appeared to speak and the public hearing was closed; he asked that the record stand as was
previously voted.

Due to persons in the audience wishing to speak, Item 35 was considered at this time.

35. Consider entering into a professional services agreement
to provide consultation services to
the City of Lawton to allow the City to participate in the possible privatization of electric
distribution services on Fort Sill, direct staff to negotiate the agreement and authorize the Mayor
and City Clerk to execute. Exhibits: Letter and related information presented under separate
cover.

Mayor Powell said he initiated this item. He said approximately two months ago Gene
Love, Bob
Milner and Dan Lau asked to meet with him and they talked about Lawton providing electrical
services for Fort Sill; this is a mandate that has come up on all military installations. Mayor
Powell said he asked then if this was a controversial issue, meaning would this be acceptable in
the eyes of the personnel at Fort Sill, and he was assured it was not a controversial issue of any
kind at all. He said after he heard their offer, he thought it was necessary to get Baker, Vincent
and Livingston involved in the next meeting, and that was done and the same discussion was
held. Mayor Powell said he then asked that everything be put in writing and then a third meeting
was held and Baker, Vincent and Livingston attended, as well as Love, Milner, Lau and himself.
He said he told that group that he would not proceed until he heard from the Commanding
General at Fort Sill that he was in total agreement with this feasibility study going forward and
that they were a party to this. Mayor Powell said he received that word three weeks ago at a
function he attended with the General and he told Council at the last meeting that information
had been distributed then to allow for ample study in this area. He said Love, Milner and Lau are
present and this is not unique to those gentlemen, they have provided these types of services and
they will answer questions.

LTC Puckett said a Department of Defense perspective would be, and he is not their official
voice, but the Secretary of the Army has pushed outsourcing of all the services at army
installations, and in an ideal world with Lawton co-located with Fort Sill, it would be perfect if
Fort Sill was provided all services by the City of Lawton. He said he understood that could not
be done in all departments, and the water issue was recently considered, but this is a favorable
move even though it is just one service but it is a step forward. LTC Puckett said from an army
perspective, this is the right way to do it so they can focus their efforts on war-time readiness and
not have to worry about services.

Dan Lau said there is an effort on the Department of Defense to privatize a lot of these
functions
that are on military installations in the United States, which brings into question the electric
distribution system. If this project is to go forward it would put the City of Lawton in the retail
electric service business being the electric supplier to Fort Sill. To accomplish that a feasibility
study is needed to determine the asset value of the distribution system, the types of revenue that
would be generated, identify the potential power producers we could buy the energy from, and
the cost of the construction, maintenance and serving of the distribution system.

Shanklin asked who we would compete with and if it would be PSO. Lau said no, you would
basically be starting from an entity that was at one time being served and maintained by the
United States Army at Fort Sill and those facilities would then become City property. Lau said
there are 63 municipalities in Oklahoma that are in the electric business and there is nothing that
prohibits the City from getting into that business and it is not a direct competition with the local
electric company.

Moeller asked about time lines, first the feasibility study and the steps until it would
be fully
operational. Lau said the feasibility study can be accomplished in 90 days, and from that point
if
everything is favorable and we go into phase two, there would be more specific documentation
that would need to be done, and then Fort Sill putting out a request for proposals. Lau
said if the
City then chose to go forward, they could probably have that work accomplished in four to six
months; at that point it Fort Sill would review all the proposals it receives and determine which
supplier they wish to go with. Lau said that process could take anywhere from 60 days to 12
months, it is really an unknown, however, since there has been some privatization on military
installations, specifically the gas distribution system last year, these things tend to go a little
bit
faster, you are not going through uncharted territory. Lau said 12-14 months would be the most
optimistic and it could be 18-24 months.

Shanklin said he read this as the City risking $38,000 now and asked what we could expect
to
make. Lau said they obtained information from Fort Sill on the gross energy being delivered to
them now and he would feel comfortable that if the assets could be purchased for fair market
value, it could be several hundred thousand dollars, and that would be net revenue or free cash
flow to the City of Lawton on an annual basis. Lau said you cannot determine that number until
the feasibility study is done, an inventory is made of the assets, and the other things mentioned.
Shanklin asked if the City of Lawton would run the plant and staff it. Lau said that is one option,
we would have that option as most municipal electric systems do today or there are other
provisions where you may outsource that type of work.

Devine asked if this was basically the same thing the Council talked about before on
the water.
Mayor Powell said there are some similarities although this you can pretty well see, whereas you
cannot see the water or sewer lines, but this can be seen and you would know exactly what you
are dealing with.

Hanna said Fort Sill has been hit pretty hard in the past few years with storms that
have damaged
trees and power lines. He asked if this would become the responsibility of the City of Lawton to
get this all back in working order. Lau said yes. Hanna asked if that would be taken into
consideration in the values because it could be a big loss in that it has taken Fort Sill weeks to get
it back in order. Lau said that is part of being in the business and that is something that 63 cities
in Oklahoma deal with every year, and he and Milner have had experience with floods, tornadoes
and straight winds and what kind of infrastructure the City would have to have to do that, but it is
certainly something that is common in the industry.

Mayor Powell said Hanna's comments would be taken into consideration as far as the actual
cash
value of the assets, and contrary to what Devine was saying, you cannot see the holes in the
sewer lines, and that is the difference between that and the electrical items because you can see
them. He said the same question had been asked in their meeting and it would deal with the
actual cash value of the infrastructure.

Shanklin asked if Cotton Electric could bid on it. Lau said they could and they would
have to go
through the process of determining what the system is worth, and if Fort Sill advertises RFP's,
Cotton Electric could bid on it but there is nothing that precludes the City from participating; it
is
an undesignated area. Shanklin said he did not profess to know how to buy or sell energy and
asked if the government would determine how much money would be made. Lau said no, the
City Council would set the prices on the sale of the electricity to Fort Sill. Shanklin said within
reason, naturally. Lau said absolutely. Devine asked if that would stop them from going
elsewhere to buy electricity if our prices were too high. Lau said if the City owns the electric
system, then they are the energy provider and under the structure to date, Fort Sill would be
required to take the electricity from and through the City of Lawton, just as the citizens are
required today to take it through PSO within the City limits.

Devine asked who owns all the equipment out there now, the lines, transformers, stations.
Lau
said Fort Sill. Devine asked if we would have to purchase them from Fort Sill. Lau said yes, and
that is part of the feasibility study to determine the fair market value of those facilities. Devine
said he thought it was worth the $38,000 to look at the first phase.

MOVED by Devine, SECOND by Moeller, to approve entering into a professional services
agreement to provide consultation services to the City of Lawton to allow the City to participate
in the possible privatization of electric distribution services on Fort Sill, direct staff to negotiate
the agreement and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute. AYE: Moeller, Haywood,
Baxter, Bass, Hanna, Devine, Ewing-Holmstrom, Shanklin. NAY: None. MOTION CARRIED.

34. Consider receiving a brief presentation and acknowledging
the receipt of the Master Plan
Report submitted by Burns & McDonnell as a part of the Landfill Expansion Project #2000-18
for the City of Lawton Landfill. Exhibits: Executive Summary.

Ihler said as part of the 2000 CIP, funding was provided for construction of cells two
and three at
the landfill; construction is complete and those cells are ready to receive trash. The maintenance
facility was designed and it is on hold pending a DEQ permit. Burns & McDonnell was also
tasked to provide master planning, permitting and design work necessary for the development of
the landfill in the future. He introduced Chris Hotop with Burns & McDonnell.

Hotop said he is a civil engineer and the project manager with Burns & McDonnell
Engineering
in Kansas City, Missouri. Their job was to assist the City in developing the most cost efficient
and effective layout and operations plan for the landfill expansion, taking into account the issues
of soil management and the best utilization of the land area available for air space utilization.
Slides were used to illustrate this presentation. The current landfill includes 160 acres, as
well as
an additional area to the east which is used for leachate and sedimentation basins; the closed
landfill is to the north of the existing landfill. He pointed out the southeast fill area, which is
a
non-sub-title D or unlined portion; he pointed out the sub-title D portion that has liners to meet
the current state and federal regulations.

Hotop said in 2000 the City was granted a 50 foot vertical expansion by the State of
Oklahoma,
which gave quite a bit more air space. Based on the current fill rate of 500 tons per day, there is
approximately eight years remaining in the existing landfill area. The property the City
purchased, referred to as the Silk property, is 431 acres and the maintenance facility and scale
house are planned to be located in the northwest corner of that area, which is currently used for a
borrow source for daily cover. The 100 year floodway encroaches here and will have to be dealt
with during the permitting process.

Hotop said they discussed several options for expansion and narrowed it down to a full
overlap
and a no overlap scenario. Overlap means overlapping the existing landfill and using air space,
imagining a saddle or a U shape, and the overlap would be used for waste. We assume that the
infilling of the expansion would begin in the year 2011. A power point drawing was presented of
the full overlap scenario, showing the existing landfill, sub-title D area, pre sub-title D area and
the overlap would come onto the existing landfill. It would require the vacation of Tinney Road.
Advantages of the full overlap would be to gain an additional two million cubic yards of air
space, which equates to six to eight years of additional life. There is offsite storm water and the
full overlap allows for easier diversion of that and it would not have to be routed through a
sedimentation basin or detention pond. Also, because Tinney Road would be abandoned, it
allows the existing leachate and sedimentation basin to be used because pipes would not have to
be run under the road and a trench could be cut through to route it to the existing facilities. There
is a potential to have to re-size the leachate basin but by the time this expansion is constructed,
the leachate production should be tapered off in the existing landfill and none should be added.
An obvious disadvantage would be the abandonment of Tinney Road. In the sub-title D area the
leachate is routed along Tinney Road to the existing basin and it would have to be re-routed to
the west and north and that has not been designed but it would have to be taken into account.

Hotop said with the no overlap scenario, an obvious advantage is that Tinney Road would
remain
in place. Disadvantages would be the requirement to build an additional four cells to achieve 30
years of life, it would add about 500 feet to the south and the existing stormwater basins cannot
be used. It may be possible to use the leachate basin but the pipe would be under the road making
it more difficult to design. The sedimentation basins probably could not be used because of the
strength of Tinney Road. Also, it does not use the overlap volume which is approximately 2
million cubic yards. Another disadvantage is the State could view this as a new landfill instead
of an expansion, requiring more effort in the permitting process.

A cost comparison was given between the two options; site work will be performed by
City staff
so the comparison includes the bottom liner system, leachate system and final cover system. The
no overlap scenario is approximately $2.2 million more expensive than the full overlap. There is
almost a direct correlation to the excavation footprint required for the no overlap versus the full
overlap, 150 acres versus 110 acres, which is almost a direct correlation to the cost. If the State
does not require a composite liner system over the existing pre sub-title D area, another $1
million in savings could be achieved, so there could be $2-$3 million in savings by using the full
overlap option.

Hotop said the full expansion using the full overlap would add approximately 14 million
cubic
yards or about 25 years of additional life above and beyond the 30 years so we are looking at a
total of about 55 years of life with this full expansion. He said his recommendation, after
analyzing all the options and cost-benefit analysis of the full overlap versus no overlap scenarios,
he recommended accepting the master plan report and authorizing Burns & McDonnell to
proceed with the full overlap design option based on the reasons given, it will save
approximately $2-$3 million, extends the life of the landfill by six to eight years, and it simplifies
the permitting process allowing for an expansion permit rather than a new landfill permit.

Shanklin asked what could be saved in tonnage and space by composting the grass and
limbs.
Ihler said it would be about 20% for the entire year, and in the summer it is about 40%. Shanklin
said Council should keep that in mind when budget discussions come up again.

Ihler said staff agrees with the recommendation of Burns & McDonnell to authorize
them to
proceed with the full overlap procedure that would save $2-$3 million over a 30 year life. A
motion was offered in this regard and Mayor Powell said the agenda item would allow only for
receiving the report, and a future item could be presented to allow this to take place.

36. Consider directing staff to prepare and submit an EPA grant
application for the
rehabilitation of wastewater infrastructure and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute
said application. Exhibits: None.

Ihler said the Oklahoma Congressional delegation was able to persuade Congress to earmark
$2
million for the City of Lawton in the 2002 EPA appropriations for special wastewater
infrastructure projects. This item authorizes execution of the application that should be complete
in early to mid-June to submit to EPA to receive the $2 million, which will be incorporated into
the sewer rehabilitation program. Phase one is financed through the Oklahoma Water Resources
Board so the recommendation is to do the first two projects in phase two, which will not start
until 2005 to 2007, but the grant is also a 55% match which is met with the in-house sewer
rehabilitation program. It lessens the amount of the total bill for the citizens for the entire 21 year
program that is in effect.

MOVED by Baxter, SECOND by Hanna, to direct staff to prepare and submit an EPA grant
application for the rehabilitation of wastewater infrastructure and authorize the Mayor and City
Clerk to execute said application.

Shanklin asked if this would require hiring any more people for the rehab. Ihler said
a phase two
schedule would be submitted to DEQ. Shanklin asked if this would change any of that and Ihler
said no. Shanklin said this just saves us money and Ihler agreed.

Devine suggested future planning be done to try to obtain the ¼ cent sales tax
to keep in reserve
for matching funds for grants that may become available, after that tax expires.

37. Consider approving a contract with the Oklahoma Department
of Corrections for the use of
inmate labor in certain City of Lawton public works projects; specifically, but not limited to the
clearing, cleaning and maintaining of City alleys and other public real property. Exhibits: Public
Works Project Contract; Addendum to Public Works Project Contract.

MOVED by Shanklin, SECOND by Haywood, to approve the contract with the Oklahoma
Department of Corrections.

Tim Wilson, Assistant City Attorney, said the contract will expire at the end of June
but there
should be no problem renewing it for the coming fiscal year. Shanklin asked how many days they
would be able to work. Wilson said the contract provides a minimum commitment of one day a
week for six to eight hours, and hopefully they can do more, but the contract states if either
party
is not happy with the arrangement that it can be canceled with 30 days' notice.

Ihler said $500,000 was appropriated in the 2000 CIP for replacing the pumps and additional
work at Pump Station #1 which serves the west industrial park, including Goodyear, Bar-S,
Republic Paper and other industries in that area. Bids were received on May 7 and staff
recommends awarding to Quicksilver Construction Company from Norman although they were
not the low bidder.

Ihler said reasons for the recommendation are that the largest contract the low bidder
had
provided was a $320,000 lagoon project, which was not a pumping facility; for those that dealt
with pumps, they had a $60,000 project and a $35,000 project. The second low bidder had much
larger projects, but of more importance, the low bidder's references were not very positive with
regard to timeliness in completing the project or in cooperation. Of the four projects they
provided references on, three of them listed that they had change orders of significant amounts
which raised the original price of the contract. The last question asked to each of the references
was whether they would hire them again and two of them said absolutely not and one of them
said only for a certain type of project. Because of that, staff is recommending award to
Quicksilver, the second low bid, whose references were very good with regard to timeliness,
cooperation and so forth. Ihler said for these reasons and because of the importance of the project
serving Goodyear, we recommend going with the second low bidder.

MOVED by Shanklin, SECOND by Baxter, to award the contract to Quicksilver Construction for
the West Industrial High Zone in the amount of $452,193, including the base bid with alternates
two, three and four. AYE: Hanna, Devine, Ewing-Holmstrom, Shanklin, Moeller, Haywood,
Baxter, Bass. NAY: None. MOTION CARRIED.

39. Consider approving Change Order No. 1 for the SW Wendy Drive
Street Reconstruction
Project #2001-27 with Bruton Construction Co., Inc. Exhibits: Map; Residential Street
Improvement Priority List. Note: Change order includes the removal/replacement of
approximately 270 LF of SW 41st Street that is adjacent to the area under construction. Forty-five additional
work days and approximately $40,000 are included in the change order for this
work.

Ihler said the 1995 CIP contained $600,000 for residential street improvements and the
first three
projects on the priority list were started with those funds. Work is now far enough along to know
there will be approximately $41,000 remaining in the residential street improvement account, so
the recommendation is to do 270 LF of SW 41st Street, which is adjacent to the area under
construction, and to do that by change order to the SW Wendy project because of the good bid
that was received.

Devine asked if these were asphalt streets. Ihler said the Wendy Drive contract was
for concrete
streets, which is what makes this so attractive; Crystal Hills and 75th Street were done in asphalt.

Moeller suggested SW 43rd Street also be done in this manner if funds allow.

Addendum: Consider modification of the grant application to the Environmental
Protection
Agency and further amending the contract with CH2M Hill Engineering for professional services
in an amount not to exceed the grant and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute related
documents.

Mayor Powell expressed appreciation to staff for having the work done in such a manner
as to
allow residents on the cul de sac to still be able to get to their homes during construction.

REPORTS: MAYOR/CITY COUNCIL/CITY MANAGER

Haywood invited everyone to the grand opening of the Spray Park at 6th and Belmont in
George
Lee Park on May 31 at 2:00 p.m.

Ewing-Holmstrom noted school has recessed for the summer and everyone should watch out
while driving for any children that may be out.

Devine said the employee picnic is June 1 at Lake Ellsworth and he encouraged attendance.

BUSINESS ITEMS:

40. Pursuant to Section 307B.4, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes,
consider convening in executive
session to discuss the possible litigation against Hillel Smulowitz and if necessary, take
appropriate action in open session. Exhibits: None.

41. Pursuant to Section 307B.4, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes,
consider convening in executive
session to discuss the pending Workers' Compensation claim of Melissa Griffin against the City
of Lawton, and if necessary, take appropriate action in open session. Exhibits: None.

42. Pursuant to Section 307B.2, Title 25, Oklahoma Statutes,
consider convening in executive
session to discuss negotiations for an Employment Agreement for FY 2002-2003 between IUPA,
Local 24, and the City of Lawton, and take appropriate action in open session if necessary.

MOVED by Baxter, SECOND by Haywood, to convene in executive session as shown on the
agenda and recommended by the legal staff. AYE: Devine, Ewing-Holmstrom, Shanklin,
Moeller, Haywood, Baxter, Bass, Hanna. NAY: None. MOTION CARRIED.

The Mayor and Council convened in executive session at approximately 7:55 p.m. and
reconvened in regular, open session at approximately 8:10 p.m. with roll call reflecting all
members present.

Mayor Powell said he forgot to mention earlier that with regard to Fort Sill's electricity,
there
will be no up front costs. He said we are in a budget crisis and revenue bonds could have been
considered for this, but Fort Sill would rather have that cost amortized out in their rate structure
over a certain number of years and that is good news because we do not have the up front money.

Vincent reported on Item 40 that Council held executive session as shown in the item
title. He
said the Council received a report from the City Attorney's office and no action is required.

Vincent reported on Item 41 that Council held executive session as shown in the item
title. He
recommended a motion to authorize staff to enter into a joint petition settlement of this claim.

MOVED by Baxter, SECOND by Hanna, to approve as stated by the City Attorney. AYE:
Shanklin, Moeller, Haywood, Baxter, Bass, Hanna, Devine, Ewing-Holmstrom. NAY: None.
MOTION CARRIED.

Vincent reported on Item 42 that Council held executive session as shown in the item
title. He
said it is staff's recommendation that Council approve a motion to deny or turn down the current
recommendation by staff of a possible contract resolution and authorize staff to re-enter
negotiations.

MOVED by Shanklin, SECOND by Baxter, to approve as stated by the City Attorney. AYE:
Moeller, Haywood, Baxter, Bass, Hanna, Devine, Ewing-Holmstrom, Shanklin. NAY: None.
MOTION CARRIED.

There being no further business to consider, the meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m. upon
motion,
second and roll call vote.